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Implementation of Transitional Laws in Serbia 2006

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<strong>Implementation</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transitional</strong> <strong>Laws</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Serbia</strong> <strong>2006</strong>When NATO bomb<strong>in</strong>g started <strong>in</strong> 1999, Sljivo Senad wanted to go on sickleave because his medical condition aga<strong>in</strong> got complicated. Doctors oncemore recommended a surgery 928 . Then he was called up aga<strong>in</strong> for Kosovo. 929The bomb<strong>in</strong>g started on March 24 and on the same day at 10 pm, assistantcommander Radisavljevic Rale came to Senad’s house and <strong>in</strong>formed himto report to the police station <strong>in</strong> Jagod<strong>in</strong>a <strong>in</strong> the morn<strong>in</strong>g 930 . Senad didthat but he also <strong>in</strong>formed authorities he did not want to go for he hadto be operated on and he did not to be <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> activities performedon the field by <strong>Serbia</strong>n Interior M<strong>in</strong>istry 931 . Another reason was his wife’sdeteriorated health. Senad and Radmila Sljivo have two underage children(Elvira and Sab<strong>in</strong>a), who were also <strong>in</strong> bad medical condition 932 . Head <strong>of</strong>the police department <strong>in</strong> Jagod<strong>in</strong>a, Zika Trifunovic, told him at that po<strong>in</strong>tpolice <strong>of</strong>ficers could not go on sick leave as they could be shot dead on thespot 933 .There were eight notorious police <strong>of</strong>ficers <strong>in</strong> the Special Unit and Senadwas the n<strong>in</strong>th even although he had never made any troubles 934 . That unitleft for Kosovo that very day and Senad was sent a message they would seehow he would be treated. Some <strong>of</strong> the commanders said he should not goto Kosovo because, as Muslim, he would ru<strong>in</strong> the unit’s self-confidence 935 .After six days, police came to his house aga<strong>in</strong> and took him to the policestation <strong>in</strong> Jagod<strong>in</strong>a 936 . He was there met by Dragan Scekic, labor relation jurist<strong>in</strong> Secretariat <strong>of</strong> Interior <strong>in</strong> Jagod<strong>in</strong>a and Commander Dejan Stankovic 937 .He was told he had to sign term<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>of</strong> his employment contract or theywould press crim<strong>in</strong>al charges aga<strong>in</strong>st him <strong>in</strong> front <strong>of</strong> military court becausehe did not respond and he evaded military service 938 . Senad Sljivo turned tomany people for help and talked about <strong>in</strong>justice which was about to happenbut nobody wanted to help him 939 . He was blackmailed by press<strong>in</strong>g crim<strong>in</strong>alcharges and then forced to sign term<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>of</strong> the contract after 20 yearshe spent <strong>in</strong> the police service 940 . The mentioned decision shows that Senad928 Ibid929 Ibid930 Ibid931 Ibid932 Medical condition and treatment records <strong>of</strong> Radmila Sljivo and their daughters Elvira and Sab<strong>in</strong>a are available<strong>in</strong> the Initiative’s documentation933 See above under 909934 Ibid935 Ibid936 Ibid937 Ibid938 Ibid939 Ibid940 The decision <strong>of</strong> the M<strong>in</strong>istry <strong>of</strong> Interior, Jagod<strong>in</strong>a Secretariat number 118-7/99, on Sljivo Senad’s labor167

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